I can’t believe how many people have asked me recently for my son’s social security number to get him a savings bond or other financial gift. With all the identity theft going on and social security numbers stolen, how can anyone think I would share it with anyone? It’s very easy to accidentally misplace a […]
Category Archives: Raising Boys
Little man decided to try to put my headband on his head- and ended up looking like a little angel 🙂
Little man is not a baby who sleeps through the night (not yet anyway). Unfortunately, he was also a baby who woke up about 3-4 times a night for many months. Other moms would look at me in horror when we’d compare our children’s sleep schedules. Little would usually fall asleep about 12 midnight, and […]
According to a nine year study, there are many visits to the ER on Halloween, and one of the top reasons is finger/ hand injuries. Fully 1/3 of these are lacerations. What can you do to prevent some of these injuries? For starters, don’t let children carve pumpkins. Adults who carve pumpkins should use specially designed […]
Lord, help us to become better parents. Teach us how to truly understand our children. To listen patiently to everything they say to us and to always answer their questions with kindness. Protect us from the temptation to react impatiently. Help us not to hurt their feelings, injure their sense of self-worth, nor punish them […]